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Received a diploma in engineering from the
Shukovsky Military Academy, Monino, 1968; doctorate degree, 1973; Colonel,
Soviet Air Force, Ret.; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/60 - 18.01.1961; was
assigned for Soyuz 2; member cosmonaut group for the Soviet Luna Landing
Program; he currently workes in Star City; hobbies: Politics, sports; first
son, who was married with a daughter of Valeri
Rozhdestvensky, died in
1986 in an aviation accident; he worked as leading test engineer within the
TsPK until 1988; from 1988 to 1990 he was Director
House of Soviet Sciences and Culture, Berlin; since 1990 he is a pensioneer.